High Court to hear Najib, Arul Kanda’s case on 1MDB report tampering
Former 1MDB chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy leaves the Kuala Lumpur High Court December 12, 2018. — Hari Anggara
The notice to transfer the case was filed last February 28 under Section 417 of the Criminal procedure Code. Lawyers Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee and Datuk N.Sivananthan, representing Najib, 66, and Arul Kanda, 43, respectively, confirmed that the defence had no objection to it. He was charged, in his capacity as a public officer, which was as the Prime Minister, with using the position to obtain gratification for himself, which was to evade disciplinary, civil or criminal action against him in connection with 1MDB, by ordering alterations to the 1MDB final audit report before it was finalised and tabled to the PAC, where he directly had interest in.
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